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Falcon 9 Block 5: Nova-C IM-2 & Others

This is the second mission of Nova-C lunar lander developed and built by Intuitive Machines. This time it carries a NASA payload called PRIME-1 (Polar Resources Ice Mining Experiment-1), which is to be the first demonstration of in-situ resource utilization on the Moon. PRIME-1 consists of two instruments: TRIDENT drill and Msolo mass spectrometer. Also on board are: * Lunar Trailblazer, a small (class D) lunar orbiter, part of NASA's SIMPLEx program, that will detect and map water on the lunar surface to determine how its form, abundance, and location relate to geology. Its mission is to aid in the understanding of lunar water and the Moon's water cycle. * Odin, a spacecraft for AstroForge, a company that plans to mine asteroid resources. Odin intends to head into deep space to observe near-Earth asteroid 2022 OB5 in preparation for their first retrieval mission. Odin will fly by the asteroid at a distance of about 1 kilometer, arriving 11 months after launch. * CHIMERA GEO 1, a transfer spacecraft by Epic Aerospace to a geostationary orbit, with the aim of covering an orbital position. For this launch, CHIMERA-GEO is carrying an unidentified 16U cubesat manifested by Exolaunch.

Thursday, 27 February 202500:16 UTC
Falcon 9 Block 5: Nova-C IM-2 & Others

Mission Data

SpaceX
πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈSpaceXEst. 2002
Launch VehicleFalcon 9 Block 5
Vehicle FamilyFalcon
Vehicle Record644 of 645 launches (99.8%)
Provider TypeCommercial
Agency Record729 successes / 15 failures (98%)
Success Streak229 consecutive
Mission TypeLunar Exploration
Target OrbitLunar Orbit
Launch PadLaunch Complex 39A
LocationπŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Kennedy Space Center, FL, USA USA
Orbital Launches This Year#38
Agency Launches This Year#25
Launches From This Pad224
Launches From This Site283
Status Note

The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).

About Falcon 9 Block 5

Falcon 9 is a two-stage rocket designed and manufactured by SpaceX for the reliable and safe transport of satellites and the Dragon spacecraft into orbit. The Block 5 variant is the fifth major interval aimed at improving upon the ability for rapid reusability.

Launch updates

  1. Nova-C IM-2 acquisition of signal confirmed.

  2. All spacecraft deployed.

  3. Liftoff.

  4. Official Webcast by NASA has started

  5. Tweaked T-0.

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  6. Weather is >95% favorable for launch.

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  7. GO for launch.

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  8. Added launch time.

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  9. Added approximate launch time.

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  10. NET February 26th

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Launch Site

Launch Complex 39A Β· 28.6082Β°N 80.6043Β°W

Launch data from Launch Library 2 by The Space Devs.